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Homeless
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Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless People
Read more: Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless PeopleMembers of three organizations – Artists Building Communities, Essential Food and Medicine, and Living Earth Structures – have built a kitchen, clinic, free store, stage, toilet, oven, and shower with and for a homeless community near Wood Street in West…
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paraSITE
Read more: paraSITEParaSITE: Custom built inflatable shelters designed for homeless people that attach to the exterior outtake vents of a building’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The warm air leaving the building simultaneously inflates and heats the double membrane structure.…
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Homeless Vehicle Project
Read more: Homeless Vehicle ProjectTogether with a group of homeless New Yorkers, Wodiczko constructed the Homesless Vehicle as an instrument of survival for urban nomads. A modified shopping cart that facilitates refundable bottle and can collection, it also provides temporary shelter. As a house…
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Wall Hunters: The Slumlord Project
Read more: Wall Hunters: The Slumlord ProjectWallhunter’s Slumlord Project is an innovative project in Baltimore, Maryland that will use street art to expose and publicize vacant and dilapidated housing and the responsible parties for those conditions. The project will use different street art forms to display…
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Life Line Booth
Read more: Life Line Booth3-part webseries where Life Line Booths are set up with donated items in homeless communities for anyone’s taking. In addition to practical aid, we provide blank canvases, paper and markers for visitors to express their thoughts and share their stories.…
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Lights in the City
Read more: Lights in the CityMontreal: The City of Lights In Canada Alfredo Jaar completed a project referred to as Lights in the City, in 1999. Keep in mind this is considered one of the richest cities in North America. with a large population of…